39,327
edits
m (Detag work categories for subpages) |
m (Mass update links) |
||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
== The Simpsons ==
Due to its status as a [[Long Runner]], ''[[The Simpsons (
* In one episode, Sideshow Bob said about conservatives: "''We're not all Billy No-funs, Johnny Bible-thumpers, or even — God forbid — [[George Bush|George Bushes]]!''"
* On the episode where George Bush Sr. moves to Springfield (which premiered in 1996), Homer tricks George Bush, Sr. into answering his door by propping up two cardboard cutouts of George's sons: Jeb Bush, and George Bush Jr. According to the audio commentary on the season 7 DVD set, the writers (and the 1996 audience) [[Reality Is Unrealistic|had no idea that there]] ''was'' a "[[George W. Bush|George Bush Jr.]]" and [[Aluminum Christmas Trees|figured this was Homer being a moron as usual]].
* And in a very early episode, Satan informs Bart that he isn't due in Hell until the Yankees win the World Series. They've won five since that episode, so shouldn't Bart be in Hell by now?
** In the French-Canadian dub of the episode, Satan tells Bart that he's not due until the Nordiques, an NHL hockey team based in Quebec City, won the Stanley Cup. In 1994, the team was bought, moved to Denver and renamed the Colorado Avalanche. Does this mean Bart is immortal now? Or does it mean that eventually Quebec City will reacquire the Nordiques?
* In a 1995 episode, Rainier Wolfcastle was cast as the title character in the ''Radioactive Man'' movie. Two years later, [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], the primary inspiration for Wolfcastle, played Mr. Freeze in ''[[Batman and Robin (
** Another episode had a clip from "McBain", where he makes an awful ice pun after smashing through an ice sculpture.
* In the episode "Lemon of Troy", Bart mentions the film ''Rocky VII: Adrian's Revenge''. Then came ''[[Rocky Balboa]]'' (which technically would be ''Rocky VI''...)
Line 13:
* The writers on ''The Simpsons'' have very little faith in American athletic teams, especially in international competition. Especially at the Olympics. In the episode "Boy Meets Curl," when Homer, Marge, Skinner and Agnes become the United States' curling team, and subsequently win (with curling being a demo event, no less), Bob Costas announced that this would be the only medal the United States wins in these games ''period''. This episode aired during said Olympics. The United States would have the highest medal count, with nine gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze medals.
* In a What-If storyline, Lisa has become President and comments that she's the first "straight female President of the United States"; later on, after a scandal comes up, Lenny remarks "Don't blame me, I voted for Chastity Bono!" This whole train of thought either becomes hilarious or [[Harsher in Hindsight|harsh]] now that [[Transsexual|Chastity Bono has become Chaz Bono]].
* The season 11 premiere episode "Beyond Blunderdome" featured [[
* The season 7 episode "Homerpalooza" had Homer trying to explain to a Gen. X-er who Steve Jobs and Apple Computers (now Apple Inc.) were, less than a year before Jobs returned to Apple and helped bring it back on top.
* The plot of the episode "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy," first aired in 1994, is largely revolved around the "Simpson and Son's Revitalizing Tonic," an elixir that boosts one's sex drive. Fast-forward to 1998, and Viagra is introduced to the market.
Line 25:
** Also from the Spinoff Showcase, the idea that Fox would create spinoffs of one of its its popular animated shows is a lot funnier now that ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'' has been spun off from ''[[Family Guy]]''.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZwgu8_b0Vw This] tribute to ''[[The Cosby Show]]''.
* In "Lisa the Skeptic", Mr. Burns tells Smithers to "use the amnesia ray" to make the town forget that he admitted the power plant accidentally created mutants. Smithers reveals that the amnesia ray is a handgun. Fast forward to ''[[X-Men (
* In "The Squirt and the Whale", there is a parody trailer for a film called "Tic–Tac–Toe: X v. O", which was suppose to be a parody of movie licensing. Considering that there are going to be films based off the games Battleship and Ouija, we can't be far off the Tic-Tac-Toe film.
* In "Itchy and Scratchy Land", Homer and Marge go to a 70s nostalgia bar, where Marge points out how the bartender looks like [[John Travolta (Creator)]]. The bartender, who is indeed Travolta, mutters "Yeah, 'looks like'.". Right around the time the episode originally aired, Travolta made [[Career Resurrection|his comeback]] with ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''.
Line 39:
== South Park ==
* A season two episode of ''[[South Park]]'' had Stan complaining that independent movies were all about "Gay cowboys eating pudding." Less than a decade later, ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' proved to have two thirds of these criteria. When Parker and Stone heard about it, one of them said, "If there's any pudding eating in it, maybe we'll sue."
* In "The Passion of the Jew", [[
* A guy in the "Cartoon Wars" episode mentioned he likes ''[[Family Guy]]'' because "[[Self-Deprecation|it doesn't get all preachy and up its own ass with messages]]" (referring to ''[[South Park]]'' at the time). ''[[Family Guy]]'' fans who don't view this as a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] will agree this statement applies to most of ''[[Family Guy]]'''s episodes as of late.
** In said episode, the main issue was Family Guy planned to show Mohammed uncensored in the face of Islamic death threats and everyone in town burying their heads in the sand rather than deal with the problem. Years after that episode, ''South Park'' gained notoriety when the episode "201" was heavily censored after its premiere airing to remove all scenes of Mohammed in a bear costume and several lines which have been censored for rather arbitrary reasons.
Line 64:
== DCAU ==
* In ''[[Batman: The Animated Series
** Alfred's "Are we developing an interest in rock and roll, sir?" from ''On Leather Wings'', after ''[[
** In the episode "Legends of the Dark Knight", the [[Silver Age]] style segment features a Robin voiced by Brianne Sidall, known for, among other roles, Mithos Yggdrasill. Years later, ''[[Teen Titans (
* ''[[
** There was also the episode where Terry took Bruce to see "Batman: The Musical". Several years later came "[[Batman:
** From the very first episode during the confrontation with The Jokerz "[[The Dark Knight|Let's put a smile on that face]]"...
* In ''[[Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker]]'', Terry is asking Bruce about the Joker's background and Bruce, irritated, tells him to "just shut up and drive". Didn't know Batman was a Rihanna fan.
* An episode of ''[[Justice League]]'' begins with Wonder Woman walking into the cosmetics section of a department store, and berating a woman for wanting to cover up her "natural beauty" with makeup. Now, MAC cosmetics has a Wonder Woman collection, complete with large promotional displays of Wonder Woman fighting "Medusa's drab rays".
* Batman singing "Am I Blue" in the ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "This Little Piggy" is cute and funny as it is, but it's funnier when you realise the song has appeared in the DCAU before: as a 90s dance remix playing on the radio in Barbara Gordon's dorm room, in ''[[Batman and Mister Freeze Sub Zero]]''.
Line 77:
== Looney Tunes Multiverse ==
* A 1943 ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short features the news headline "[[Adolf Hitler]] Commits Suicide". Now, generally something like this would be a Funny Aneurysm Moment, but...it's ''[[Acceptable Targets|Hitler]]''...
* The 1946 [[Looney Tunes]] short [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc2L_7m_4mI "Hair Raising Hare"] features [[Bugs Bunny]] being lured by a mechanical rabbit. When he calls it "baby" and kisses it, it ends up falling to pieces. Gee, it might have been a possible [[Berserk Button]] reaction, considering that the short came out fifty years before ''[[
* The 1949 ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short ''[[Rabbit of Seville]]'' has a sequence where Bugs gleefully forces Elmer Fudd to have a violent shave, all the while singing a cheerful tune with a rather cheerfully sadistic expression on his face. A few decades later and [[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (
* One of the subplots in the ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' direct to video movie, "How We Spent Our Summer Vacation", involved a trip to a parody of the [[Disney Theme Parks]]. One of the rides Plucky and Hampton see during their tour is something called "The Happy Centerfuge". [[wikipedia:Mission Space|Mission: Space]] debuted in EPCOT 12 years later...
** In the "Return of Batduck" episode, in which Plucky Duck tries to get a role in ''[[Batman (
** The "Samurai Film Critic" skit from "Weekday Afternoon Live", featuring Dizzy Devil as the aforementioned samurai, has a bit where Dizzy [[Who Writes This Crap?|gets sick of the dated references in the sketch]] and starts slashing the screen to ribbons, yelling "WHO ''CARES'' ABOUT ''KIEFER SUTHERLAND?!''" at the top of his lungs. Now that Sutherland's had a massive popularity kick thanks to ''[[
* In the 1943 short "Porky Pig's Feat", Daffy and Porky get stuck in a prison cell, and Porky wonders aloud what [[Bugs Bunny]] would do in a situation like this. Daffy eagerly chimes in, "Yeah, Bugs Bunny--my hero!" Later on, Daffy would be flanderized into being jealous of Bugs's success, so YMMV on whether this is funnier in hindsight or [[Harsher in Hindsight]].
* In "Rabbit Hood", when Bugs is trying to trick the sheriff into thinking the king is approaching, he hollers "O'er yon Chevy Chase!" At the time, it refered to a city in Maryland that had this name, but if you're a fan of the original ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' cast, then it's funnier.
* [[The Looney Tunes Show]] episode "Jailbird and Jailbunny" has Daffy predicting that a man will land on the moon, which Bugs replies already happened. Daffy then asks himself "Am I...''a wizard?"'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUw2eAUQrM8 Here's your answer, Daffy.]
* In ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'', after the water tower floods the Warner Bros. studios, Bugs is seen fishing and catches an orange fish, exclaiming [[Finding Nemo|"I found Nemo!!"]]. Guess which movie beat this one for the Annie Award for best animated feature.
Line 94:
** In a later episode, the oil-guzzling Constructicons actually ''do'' ingest a bit of Bumblebee's motor oil after they find a trail made by his leaking tank. Apparently [[Squick|he tastes even better than their usual fare]], so it's possible that Bumblebee just settled on the first blood-analogue he could find for his dramatic statement.
** It also serves as a sort of retroactive Reverse Funny Aneurysm moment when you consider two things:
{{quote| 1. Before this episode, ''[[
and 2. During that same time, a cartoon called [[Vanpires]] aired, about - you guessed it - mechanoid vampire cars that drained the motor oil from helpless vehicles. }}
** Another Transformers example comes from ''[[
{{quote| '''Terrorsaur:''' Hunting from the air with automatic weapons! Now that's a sport!}}
** Also from ''[[
{{quote| '''Blackarachnia:''' What is it with guys and high explosives?}}
** Speaking of the Movie, one of the salutes said by the Decepticons is "All Hail Megatron!" (also used as the title for an IDW miniseries). Years later, Megatron in the Japanese dub of ''Animated'' is voiced by [[Norio Wakamoto]]...
Line 110:
== Other ==
* The sketch from ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' about what Season 8 of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'' would've been like, with evil Cabbage Patch Dolls attacking people. What was a kind of funny take on [[What Could Have Been]] gets better when the actual ''Season Eight'' comics showcased evil little plushies called Vampy Cats.
** In one sketch, the announcer says something along the lines of "Remember that hit show ''[[The
* Consider the lyrics of "The Presidents Song" from ''[[
{{quote| "Now in Washington, D.C.<br />
There's Democrats and the GOP<br />
Line 125:
* Consider ''[[Rock and Rule]]'', a Canadian animated film released in the early, early 1980s. Its main villain is a fellow named Mok. Mok is an aging rock star hoping to make his big comeback with the help of dark magic. Now, unless the animators were psychic, he very likely wasn't designed to resemble what Mick Jagger looks like '''today''' but...
** The character's full name is "Mok Swagger", so the resemblance to ol' Mick is surely intentional.
* On the last episode of ''[[Clerks the Animated Series]]'', the main characters find the writers of the show; one of them is holding a book labeled "How to Write Cartoons by Seth MacFarlane" and suggesting that they do a ''[[
** And much later, the show started airing on [[Adult Swim]]... right before ''Family Guy''.
* In ''[[The Jetsons]]'', Mr. Spacely had his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7xSWwfSw0U&NR=1 Google World of High Finance]. (Now [[I Want My Jetpack|where are the flying cars, already]]?)
Line 134:
* ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' had a [[All Just a Dream|nightmare]] where he was killed by Megavolt who, instead of going to jail, became famous and got a book deal. [[wikipedia:If I Did It|Whoever heard of a killer publishing a book about his murder?]]
* The [[Grand Finale]] for ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' premiered a day after ''[[The Dark Knight]]''. In ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', Alfred tells Bruce "Some men just want to watch the world burn." (though this line featured prominently in a teaser trailer a year prior). The very next day audiences got to see Fire Lord Ozai trying to burn the entire Earth Kingdom to the ground. It was like they knew the movie would be premiering on the same weekend!
** It gets better! Fire Lord Ozai is voiced by Mark Hamill, [[Hey, It's That Voice!|who also voiced the Joker]] in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series
** Another Hilarious in Hindsight moment for the ''Avatar'''s Grand Finale moment comes from a piece of fan art called "[http://alexds1.deviantart.com/art/How-we-roll-79828584 How we roll]," Zuko [[What the Hell, Hero?|complains to the heroes for sitting around doing nothing while his evil relatives plot]]. Four months later, the Grand Finale airs, and Zuko's doing the exact same thing.
** Yet another, more in the vein of the ''Star Wars'' fandom: Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movies, plays the evil overlord father of one of the main characters. Role reversal much? He even shoots lightning!
** "The Ember Island Players" features [[Who Would Want to Watch Us?|a play based on the Gaang's adventures]] which isn't exactly accurate. In light of the live-action [[The Last Airbender
{{quote| '''Zuko:''' That wasn't a good play.<br />
'''Sokka:''' But the effects were decent! }}
*** Amusingly, many people found the effects to be decisively lacking.
** Way back in the early 1990s, [[Dante Basco]] played [[Peter Pan]]'s replacement Rufio in ''[[
** Go Devil Dante's flash [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dN0JUBpCXI Zuko Dance] is even funnier in the wake of the Earthbender [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLIDFfjuhUo&NR=1 Pebble Dance] in the [[Live Action Adaptation]].
** A tie-in video game featured the Gaang fighting [[Muggle Power|anti-bending revolutionaries]] with a thing for [[Steampunk]]. [[The Problem
** In "The Warriors of Kyoshi", Sokka has to wear the [[Amazon Brigade|Kyoshi Warriors']] usual apparel to get training from them, and Aang mocks him for it ("nice dress"). About a season later Aang himself has to wear almost the same thing as part when he's trying to channel Kyoshi's spirit.
* A precursor cartoon short to ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' called "Kenny and the Chimp" features Kenny getting Swine Flu.
* ''[[
* An episode of ''[[The Critic]]'' showed Victor Hugo's wholly depressing novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" being turned into an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEhKwnkanUs inappropriate musical]. Two years later, [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|Disney did it for real]].
** One can almost make a drinking game out of the Critic's predictions.
*** [[Jurassic Park|Jurassic Park Part 2]]
Line 154:
* When "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Gq17O-HRc Magic, Magic E]" and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdzC_VhjYBs Drop That E]" were first shown on [[The BBC]]'s educational series ''[[Look and Read]]'' circa 1980, the psychoactive properties of MDMA were unknown to all except a handful of scientists. Schools continued to show "Magic Magic E" to 7-year-olds well into the 1990s, long after the other meaning of E was established.
* In ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3]]'', guest stars Milli Vanilli were kidnapped by King Koopa, who wanted them to sing for his daughter. The singers couldn't perform without their band... looking back, we think it may be true.
** In that same episode, Luigi refers to the tuxes he, Mario and Toad are wearing as "these dumb [[New Super Mario Bros Wii
** Two episodes of ''[[The Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'' were actually about the Mario Bros. attempting to save outer space from Bowser. Guess [[Super Mario Galaxy
** Also in AoSMB3, when Mario is attempting to transport the White House back to America but sends it on top of the Washington Monument by accident, he says [[Hotel Mario
** Meanwhile, an episode of AoSMB3 had King Koopa turn into Raccoon Koopa, like one of Mario's powerups. [[Super Mario 3D Land|Fast forward to Super Mario 3D Land]].
** Another episode from the ''Super Show'' has the [[Fountain of Youth]], in which Princess Toadstool and Koopa accidentally fall. [[Super Mario World 2 Yoshis Island|Years]] [[Mario and Luigi Partners In Time|later]], Baby Peach and Baby Bowser actually become canon characters.
* Raiden from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' had a [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] in the ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'' [[
* In the first episode of ''[[Where
** In another episode, Carmen's clue to her next target (the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC) was "Follow Hillary [Clinton]'s route to the hill" (see the Animaniacs example above).
* A few [[Youtube Poop|YouTube Poopers]] have taken note of this line in the second ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' theme song:
{{quote| ''"I hope you bring [[Hotel Mario
** In "The Bad Sport", one throwaway gag mentions building a statue of [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] out of coleslaw, someone who would find his way back into Garfield media 23 years later with [http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=625 this] ''[[Square Root of Minus Garfield]]'' comic.
** At the beginning of "Astrocat" Garfield and Odie watch the game show "[[Exactly What It Says
* The looks, voice and mannerisms of Princess Eilonwy from Disney's ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'' peculiarly resemble those of [[Harry Potter (
* In the "Paperback Writer" episode of ''[[The Beatles (
* During the last few years of the now-defunct [[Toon Disney]] channel's existence, a frequent source of series material came in the form of shows based on [[Marvel Comics]] superheroes (likely coinciding with the film releases of several of the characters). The humor comes in the form of Disney's recent purchase of Marvel.
* ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'''s song "Cutting Edge" (sung by, among other things, a Tandy-style computer) was a satire of consumerism featuring modern technology singing their own praises. But to a modern audience, it's hilarious when you consider that nearly every single one of those cutting-edge appliances is now severely obsolete.
** Mr. Tandy, meet Mr. iMac!
*** Mrs. Phone, meet Mr. Blackberry!
* In one episode of ''[[Sheep in The Big City]]'', General Specific rants, when hearing of "X Agent", that X is always the mysterious letter. He goes on to ask why he can't be some other letter like K or L. Along came ''[[
* In [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003
** Another for ''[[Turtles Forever]]'': In one of Laird's interviews, he mentions he didn't expect The Shredder to become the "[[Star Wars|Darth Vader]]" of the TMNT universe. The movie hit pretty close to the mark, in which Shredder quotes Vader's master, Palpatine.
{{quote| '''Utrom Shredder:''' [[Star Wars|"Only now, at the end, do you truly understand."]]}}
** There's even one in the 1st episode of the 2003 show's run: [[Memetic Mutation|"You guys are too slow!"]]
* In the ''[[
** In the pilot episode, Roger insists that "we can't all be like those anorexic aliens in [[The Abyss|the]] [[James Cameron]] [[Aliens|movies]]!" Nearly half a decade later, the then-secretive ''[[Avatar (
** And in the episode "Stan Knows Best", Stan shows off wigs based off the hairstyles of Republican First Ladies, including Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, and Maria Shriver, to which he said "stay tuned". Something tells me that what Stan's implying WONT be happening anytime soon.
*** Technically she is the First Lady of Callifornia.
* In the ''[[
** Season 1's "When Aliens Attack," Fry accidentally spills soda on a TV switchboard and scrambles an airing of the ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' [[Expy]] ''Single Female Lawyer''. Cut to Omicron Persei 8, where ''Single Female Lawyer'' gets cut off due to technical difficulties and an announcer says, "We now bring you eight animated shows in a row" ([[Fridge Logic|which would be impossible, if the signal from Earth's FOX station is out]]), causing an alien to get frustrated and shoot his television. Now that it's over a decade later and FOX now has a Sunday night line-up called "Animation Domination" (with consists of ''[[The Simpsons (
** In "The 30% Iron Chef", Bender walks out of the office upon realising that the crew think he's a [[Lethal Chef]], throws his chef's hat on the sidewalk. Several rats then escape from said hat. [[Ratatouille|Five years later...]]
* In the ''[[
** Also, in that same cartoon, [[Donkey Kong Country|Donkey Kong riding a rhino]].
* Speaking of ''Donkey Kong'', the first episode of ''[[Captain N:
* Consider a quote from ''[[The Incredibles]]'':
{{quote| '''Dash:''' So the bad guy wants to ruin Mom and Dad's...marriage...?}}
** And a few years later, ''[[One More Day]]'' comes out. Guess what the devil wants to do with Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson's marriage.
* In the ''[[Baby Blues (
* One episode of ''[[The Proud Family]]'' had an ''[[American Idol]]''-esque competition, and one of the contestants was a homely girl with a ''fantastic'' singing voice. She eventually won the competition, and presumably became quite famous. Years later, Susan Boyle appears on ''Britain's Got Talent'' and goes on to be famous.
* One episode of ''Star Street'' had the Milky Way spring a leak of chocolate milk all over the titular place. [[Memetic Mutation|Chocolate Rain]], anyone?
* ''[[
* A 1997 ''[[King of the Hill]]'' episode has Hank [[Primal Scene|seeing his mother and her boyfriend having sex]], and being so disturbed by the image (who wouldn't be?) that he loses his vision. He later laments that his plight is like something out of a Woody Allen movie. Not five years later, Woody Allen made the movie ''Hollywood Ending''.
** ''King of the Hill'' also has [http://blackmanx.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/mccain_palin_king_of_the_hill.jpg Cotton and Peggy], who, these days, could be seen as caricatures of John McCain and Sarah Palin.
* In the ''[[
* In Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'', Hades's lackeys are tasked with killing Herc as a baby, but they fail. Many years later, when Hades hears that Hercules is still alive, the lackeys try to convince him that Hercules is a really popular name nowadays, and one of them adds: "Remember how just a few years ago, all the boys were named Jason, and all the girls were called Britney?" Would have been even better had he said a [[Justin Timberlake|slightly different J name]], but nonetheless funny seeing how this movie came out just a year before Ms. Spears's big break.
** Actually, Britney did marry someone named Jason - it infamously lasted 50+ hours.
** Another episode was actually about Hades complaining about why they changed his name to Pluto. [[Pluto Is Expendable|Guess what happened in 2006!]]
* In the 1989 animated ''[[X-Men]]'' pilot, "Pryde of the X-Men", Wolverine speaks with a very thick Australian accent despite being Canadian in the comics. Fast forward to the year 2000, and we find out that Australian actor [[Hugh Jackman]] was cast as Wolverine in the live-action ''[[X-Men (
* A 2002 ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode involved chalk drawings coming to life. E.G. Daily, who did the voice of Buttercup on the show, was the voice of a little boy on [[Chalk Zone|a 2002 Nicktoon very similar to the story]].
** Another ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]'' example: The episode "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs9PG-XAlsI Members Only]" features a [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
* ''[[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oksqkzO7YZA A Sonic Sez segment] of ''[[
** The episode "Grounder the Genius" has the villains launched into the air by an explosion triggered by a lightning bolt. [[Pokémon (
*** In the same episode, [[Sonic R|TAILS DOLL]]!
** And that wasn't the only image with hindsight reference to Pokémon. In one episode, Dr. Robotnik is wearing a sweater identical to Team Rocket's uniform - [http://sophghizz.deviantart.com/art/Robotnik-s-Sweater-181857905?q look].
** The most infamous Sonic Sez tells kids that being touched in a way or place that makes you feel uncomfortable is no good. In the Sonic games, [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Amy Rose]] does [[The Glomp|just that]] (or at least tries) to Sonic. Makes you wonder why he doesn't take his own advice and [[Minor Injury Overreaction|tell a police officer]].
* One episode of ''[[
** In "Perry lays an egg", the B plot revolves around Doofenshmirtz making fun of whales because [[It's Personal]]. Perry actually left, not even bothering to thwart him, it was that stupid. [[South Park|Cue "whale whores"]], which aired several months later after that episode.
* An episode of ''[[
* ''[[Star Wars:
* In ''[[Beauty and The Beast The Enchanted Christmas]]'', The villain's sidekick, a piccolo named "Fife", pleads, "I'd do anything for a solo!" Fife was voiced by Paul Reubens, who did do anything for a...solo, and was arrested for it to boot.
* The [[Tex Avery]] short "Outfoxed" features a very well educated, and somewhat upper-class fox. He's so educated that he reads the newspapers. And what newspaper does he read ? ''[[Fox News]]''.
* In ''[[Muppet Babies]]'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDrs3Ii2_ZU&feature=related this] [[Spider
** Though at the time, the show was a coproduction of Henson and Marvel Productions...
* In ''[[Re Boot]]'', video games are represented by large purple cubes known as [[Game Cube|GameCubes]]. Then the Nintendo [[Game Cube]] came out a few years later, with purple as the default color. Makes you wonder if the designers watched the show.
* The ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (
** From the first episode, after Chip warns Dale about working with pirates, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSt4n5ZXbHM this] [[Team Fortress 2
* ''[[Snow White
* The Red Lobster restaurant was actually named after [[Complete Monster|the Coachman's]] tavern from ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]''.
* In an early second season episode of ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series]]'' Sabrina [[Science Marches On|incorrectly]] mentions that there are eight Planets instead of nine, causing her class to break out in laughter. A few years later and there really are eight Planets now.
* In the cartoon short [[Gertie the Dinosaur]], a four-winged dragon briefly flies by. Many years later, a four-winged dinosaur called Microraptor was discovered in China.
* The 1993 episode ''The Inspector's Most Wanted'' from ''[[The Pink Panther]]'' series (1993-1995 [[Continuity Reboot]]) is ''particularly'' hilarious in hindsight. It features a [[Reality TV|reality TV show]] called "Cop Patrol". A year before the episode aired... ''[[Police Camera Action]]'' was aired on [[ITV 1]] (despite the episode being made in 1993).
* ''[[Ice Age]]'' gives us the infamous saber-toothed squirrel Scrat. Then 9 years later some scientists discovered that a saber-toothed squirrel [http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/11/scienceshot-meet-the-saber-tooth.html?ref=hp actually existed].
* An episode of ''[[
* In the year 2002, Nickelodeon aired, during the Kids Choice Awards, a commercial where some of Nicktoon's biggest stars at the time [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfFFM2bLPZY would duke it out against each other] [[Animesque|anime-style]]. Five years later, a show called ''[[
* In 1970, Hanna-Barbera made an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJTC_sX5cxs anti-drug PSA]. The opening featured a guy smoking marijuana, as his form swirled around, leaving a multicolored trail behind him. A few years later, Hanna-Barbera would feature as its logo a star, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg6RzbUlv0s&feature=related swirling around with a multicolored trail behind it].
* Near the end of ''[[Der
* At the start of [[Pluto the Pup|Pluto's]] nightmare in ''[[Plutos Judgement Day]]'', a demonic cat dressed as a policeman arrests Pluto in his sleep, and takes him to Hell to be put on trial. The police cat takes Pluto out of [[Mickey Mouse|Mickey's]] house and through a volcanic landscape full of evil trees shaped like sinister cats, and the entrance to Hell resembles [[Aladdin (Disney film)|a cave shaped like a cat head.]] Before the trial starts, [[Super Mario Bros.|several chains leap out of nowhere]] and pin Pluto to the ground to prevent him from escaping. When the demon cats finally declare Pluto guilty, they start cheering as the poor dog gets dropped into a fire, causing him to wake up from his nightmare. [[Pluto Is Expendable]] indeed.
* At the very beginning of ''Thru the Mirror'', an [[Alice in Wonderland|''Alice]] [[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|in Wonderland'']] novel can be seen on [[Mickey Mouse]]'s nightstand. When Mickey climbs out of the mirror and enters the mirror world for the first time, among the objects he encounters is [[Beauty and
* The [[Fleischer Studios]] cartoons used to feature an [[Inkblot Cartoon Style]] character named "Bimbo", and [[Betty Boop]] was created as his girlfriend. [[Have a Gay Old Time|This was back when the term "Bimbo" referred to a stupid male, before it referred to...well, girls like Betty Boop]].
* The [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]] episode "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otAWBwO_I24 It's Way Ed], in which the Eds try to come up with some wacky fashion trends with random everyday objects might make some think of [[Lady Gaga]]'s reputation for a similar [[Impossibly Cool Clothes|surreal fashion sense]].
* A truly epic example happened on October 9, 2010. An episode of [[The Penguins of Madagascar]] had Private be offended that Kilwolski would mock his favorite show about unicorns. It was meant to be a joke that Private was weird in the fact he liked something for girls. ONE DAY LATER, [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* A quote from [http://www.awn.com/mag/issue4.01/4.01pages/bevilacquaceleb.php3 this article] dating back to 1999 about celebrity voice acting:
{{quote| "If they were casting some of the classics of my youth for the first time today, they'd get Joe Pesci to play Bugs Bunny, Dan Ackroyd for Yogi Bear, and Whoopi Goldberg for Felix the Cat."}}
** The quote was made anonymous, but whoever said it, he got at least one of those things [[Film/Yogi Bear|right]].
* On the [[
{{reflist}}
|